Posts by gcluley@mastodon.green
(DIR) Post #B1Gn5h1LFSKkMLN5RA by gcluley@mastodon.green
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A 49-year-old man has been jailed for 5½ years after admitting to creating detailed video tutorials that showed members of a criminal gang how to infect Android phones with spyware and drain bank accounts.Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/man-jailed-for-teaching-criminals-how-to-use-malware
(DIR) Post #B1Iwb0NCdL7XGFWR3g by gcluley@mastodon.green
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@rvedotrc I *could* edit my original post to fix my typo, but that would ruin your brilliant joke. So I'll leave it. :)
(DIR) Post #B1LDTlt6jLM8BI19Xc by gcluley@mastodon.green
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Ahoy! 👨✈️ A cruise line firm has banned the use of smart glasses (like Meta Ray-Bans and Google Glass) onboard in public areas. And apparently some people aren't happy about it!They look like regular glasses, but can capture images and video (they can even live stream to the internet)... why would *anyone* be upset about being surreptitiously filmed on board a cruise?
(DIR) Post #B1LDVlt3hizml2wrgG by gcluley@mastodon.green
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Of course, there *are* some arguments that smart glasses can be genuinely helpful as they can provide real-time translation, navigation help, and even offer assistance for those with impaired vision or hearing.Anyway, read all about it in my article on the Bitdefender blog, and let me know what you think. Is a ban a good thing?https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/surveillance-at-sea-cruise-firm-bans-smart-glasses-to-curb-covert-recording#privacy #smartglasses #glassholes
(DIR) Post #B1LHJap1PyJCmWVanA by gcluley@mastodon.green
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How about if smart glasses had an additional dot matrix display above them, which scrolled a message that announced to bystanders that they might be being filmed?Of course, that doesn’t help people who are visually-impaired or blind. They have just as much right to privacy as the rest of us. So the visual warning should be accompanied by a clear and loud audible warning:“WARNING! A TWAT WEARING FACEBOOK-CONNECTED SPECTACLES IS IN THE VICINITY”That should work nicely.
(DIR) Post #B1NZlD45WgvkhSnHeq by gcluley@mastodon.green
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📚Think your Kindle is harmless? Think again! @dannyjpalmer and I unpack a Black Hat Europe talk revealing how a boobytrapped audiobook could exploit the Amazon eBook reader - potentially letting an attacker break into your account - in the latest episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast.Plus a blast from 2021's "summer of ransomware" returns to haunt Ireland's Health Service Executive, as victims are offered €750 each.https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JQ4Ul21LNU2W9kzxQN4xp?si=ae7d2c3bb6ff444c
(DIR) Post #B1NZoleXNyo4qDXV0y by gcluley@mastodon.green
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And because it's the last show before the Christmas break, there's also a Pick of the Week that veers from cosy rom-com comfort to pointy-polygon Lara Croft nostalgia. Find "Smashing Security" in all good podcast apps, including:🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JQ4Ul21LNU2W9kzxQN4xp?si=ae7d2c3bb6ff444c🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://www.smashingsecurity.com/applepodcasts🛑 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/itunes/1195001633Everywhere else: https://www.smashingsecurity.com/448
(DIR) Post #B1NZxOr7Vvl8kAXbP6 by gcluley@mastodon.green
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@dannyjpalmer Thanks so much for coming on the pod Danny!
(DIR) Post #B1XoP3MaMF9Z8JwE8u by gcluley@mastodon.green
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Is Santa Claus real? 🎅 This Christmas special of "The AI Fix podcast" sets out to answer that question in the most sensible way possible: by consulting chatbots, Google's festive killjoys, and the laws of relativistic physics.Join me, Mark Stockley, and some errant Waymo taxis, in this special episode of the podcast.🟢 Spotify: https://theaifix.show/spotify🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://theaifix.show/applepodcasts🛑 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/itunes/1753381111🟠 Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1753381111
(DIR) Post #B1ZRZ6cNCckTUf4DWS by gcluley@mastodon.green
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In entirely predictable news, it has been found that portions of the newly-released Jeffrey Epstein files - intended to be redacted - can be effectively *UN-redacted* by using simple techniques... including highlight text and pasting it into a word processor!! 🤦♂️Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-unredacted-files-social-media
(DIR) Post #B1ZUhnlcxTWnUvEYK0 by gcluley@mastodon.green
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Reminds me of a couple of occasions when the UK's Ministry of Defence has made similar boo-boos when publishing improperly "redacted" PDFs containing sensitive information:https://grahamcluley.com/how-not-to-redact-a-pdf-nuclear-submarine-secrets-spilled/https://grahamcluley.com/how-redact-pdf-air-defence-radar-secrets-spilled/
(DIR) Post #B20EjTxNEQwsdYQR6m by gcluley@mastodon.green
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Remember when Coinbase revealed that support staff had been bribed by criminals to hand over customer records, leading to hackers demanding a $20 million ransom and the threat that nearly 70,000 customers' data would be leaked?A Coinbase customer support agent has been arrested in India.More details in my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/coinbase-insider-who-sold-customer-data-to-criminals-arrested-in-india
(DIR) Post #B20Ez6QEV5CaHNN9U0 by gcluley@mastodon.green
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@hacks4pancakes Thanks for agreeing to come on "Smashing Security" Lesley! A fun conversation that I'm looking forward to sharing with our listeners. :)
(DIR) Post #B20F11WNgzpNeuAF5U by gcluley@mastodon.green
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@itisiboller @hacks4pancakes Aww shucks...
(DIR) Post #B22UKPGZWKbeQvOEym by gcluley@mastodon.green
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I don't understand how the UK government (and indeed many firms) can continue to maintain a presence on Elon Musk's deepfake porn site (formerly known as Twitter), rather than jumping ship to the likes of Mastodon and Bluesky.Their continued association with X/Twitter isn't just a bad look, it's an endorsement of a site that behaves in a disgusting, degrading way, and has been churning out sexualised images of real-life women and young girls.Is it just to avoid the wrath of Elon Musk?
(DIR) Post #B22V4hIwmpoHhOZf8a by gcluley@mastodon.green
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@wendyg Grok is generating the sexualised imagery of children.
(DIR) Post #B22ZUrDKxvEjmKgCJ6 by gcluley@mastodon.green
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"Although not the app I posted this on, obviously..."
(DIR) Post #B25I4sRieAr8K8JQe0 by gcluley@mastodon.green
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@smashingsecurity Such fun having @hacks4pancakes on the show - long overdue!
(DIR) Post #B26zUkObgrNO4ZOmzA by gcluley@mastodon.green
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pcTattletale was one of those spyware outfits that insisted it sold perfectly legitimate "employee" and "child monitoring" software - while loudly marketing how it could be used to spy on partners without their knowledge. What could possibly go wrong?Plenty, as it turned out. pcTattletale was hacked thanks to a glaring security vulnerability, exposing data from more than 100,000 customers. And now Bryan Fleming, founder of pcTattletale, has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
(DIR) Post #B26zVxDXVQ5S7xnVeC by gcluley@mastodon.green
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Prosecutors said Fleming knowingly enabled illegal spying and even promoted the software for catching "cheaters" in YouTube videos.It’s a rare stalkerware prosecution - and a reminder that selling such tools can come back to bite you. Especially if you can’t even secure your own servers.Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/pctattletale-founder-pleads-guilty-in-rare-stalkerware-prosecution